Charles Gilbert “Gib” Houtz
Gib worked in Wichita, Kansas at Cessna Aircraft as a machinist and then foreman. He retired from Cessna in 1982 after 42 years of service. He was a gifted woodworker and clockmaker. But Gib was a family man. The youngest of five children, he put his family first…always. “I always wanted to protect my girls,” he said recently. He, his wife and oldest daughter moved to Bloomington in August of this year. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie, daughter Barbara and daughter, Patty and her husband, Danny, of all of Bloomington. He was the proud grandfather of Britt Callison of San Diego, California and Katherine Callison Niesen and her husband Frank Niesen of Benson, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. He is also survived by his beloved nieces and nephews: Betty Houtz Moberly of Newton, Kansas; Bob Houtz and wife Ginny of Portland, Oregon; Judy Houtz Larson and husband Lee of Prairie Village, Kansas; and Larry Gilbert Houtz of Wichita, Kansas.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Ruth, his brothers and their wives Wayne and Grace, Robert Lowell and Verna, and Earl and Shirley.
A memorial service at Moss Springs Cemetery, Kansas will take place at a later time. Memorial contributions may be made to the “Gib Houtz Memorial—Television Ministry,” First United Methodist Church, 330 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS 67202.
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